This document outlines a school's plan to utilize problem-based learning and habits of mind in different grade levels. It lists projects and products developed for pre-kindergarten through 2nd grade to address important problems in the community. Projects are designed to align with national standards and build upon each other, allowing students to provide feedback and evaluate their work. Rubrics will be used to evaluate student demonstrations of learning. Authentic audiences including other students, community members, and experts will provide feedback on student work.

1. Name of School
Presenter Name(s)

2. ∗ Explain how your school plans to utilize habits of mind
in their problem based learning work.
Our School Habits

3. ∗ Explain why the problem(s) or issue is important to you,
your students and the community
Problems Or Issues We Plan to
Address in Grade Levels PreK-2

4. ∗ List they projects you’ve brainstormed and the order in
which you plan to undertake them with your students
∗ List the products you expect your students to create to
demonstrate what they have learned through the
projects
Projects & Products we’ve Brainstormed that
will inform & help solve our issue in
Prekindergarten

5. ∗ List they projects you’ve brainstormed and the order in
which you plan to undertake them with your students
∗ List the products you expect your students to create to
demonstrate what they have learned through the
projects
Projects & Products we’ve Brainstormed that
will inform & help solve our issue in
Kindergarten

6. ∗ List they projects you’ve brainstormed and the order in
which you plan to undertake them with your students
∗ List the products you expect your students to create to
demonstrate what they have learned through the
projects
Projects & Products we’ve Brainstormed that
will inform & help solve our issue in 1st
Grade

7. ∗ List they projects you’ve brainstormed and the order in
which you plan to undertake them with your students
∗ List the products you expect your students to create to
demonstrate what they have learned through the
projects
Projects & Products we’ve Brainstormed that
will inform & help solve our issue in 2nd
Grade

8. ∗ List one or more projects and how the content you will
teach through the project aligns to the National
Common Core Standards.
An example of Standards Alignment

9. ∗ Give an example of two projects that build on one
another and how these projects re-visit standards
helping students evaluation their own work, build on
their knowledge and grow in the ability to critically
think.
These are projects that build on one another
allowing our students to synthesize concepts and
knowledge and/or create vertical alignment

10. ∗ Give an example of a formative feedback you will get
your students to do to help guide the learning process
for both the teacher and the student.
This is how our students will provide
feedback

11. ∗ Explain or give examples of rubrics you and your
students will create that lay down the method for
evaluating demonstations of learning and the efforts
that go into the build.
This is how our students & teachers will set
the criteria for Evaluating our Project
Products

12. ∗ List how you will create authentic audiences for your
students to demonstrate what they have learned
∗ To one another
∗ To other grades
∗ To the community elders
∗ To outside experts
∗ To community businesses
Our Authentic Audiences